leadership skill; leadership ability
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
belief; faith; conviction
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
future; possible; potential; prospective
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
out of one's line; out of one's field
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
chief; main; principal; major
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.